The Retreat from Marriage and Parenthood - Examining the Causes and Consequences of Declining Rates

The Retreat from Marriage and Parenthood seeks a broad examination of the retreat from marriage and parenthood. Featuring diverse theoretical and methodological chapters exploring the many issues pertaining to these seismic changes, the authors chronicle the many dramatic impacts from shifts in attitudes to marriage and family.

About the author

Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist and Demographer at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. His research interests include parent-child relationships, mate selection, marriage, and fertility.
Zheng Mu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. Her general research interests focus on trends, social determinants, and consequences of marriage and family behaviors, with a focus on how marriage and family have served as inequality-generating mechanisms.

Summary

The Retreat from Marriage and Parenthood seeks a broad examination of the retreat from marriage and parenthood. Featuring diverse theoretical and methodological chapters exploring the many issues pertaining to these seismic changes, the authors chronicle the many dramatic impacts from shifts in attitudes to marriage and family.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sampson Lee Blair (Editor), Sampson Lee (The State University of New York Blair (Editor), Zheng Mu (Editor), Zheng (National University of Singapore Mu (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781835493076
• ISBN: 978-1-83549-307-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories